There are exceptions to every rule, but when someone says that they are the exception to the rule they probably are not.
For example, we all know people who are lovable ###holes. However, in my experience people who think they are lovable ###holes are generally just ###holes.
My theory is that this is because people who are the exception to the rule are vigilant not to go to far, work to improve their flaws, or try to compensate. On the other hand, people who say they are the exception to the rule do so to use it as an excuse for not doing those things.
Applied to this topic; I'd argue that if someone says that for the software they are working on it isn't worth the cost to do refactoring/code reviews/write tests then they are probably wrong.
There are exceptions to every rule, but when someone says that they are the exception to the rule they probably are not.
For example, we all know people who are lovable ###holes. However, in my experience people who think they are lovable ###holes are generally just ###holes.
My theory is that this is because people who are the exception to the rule are vigilant not to go to far, work to improve their flaws, or try to compensate. On the other hand, people who say they are the exception to the rule do so to use it as an excuse for not doing those things.
Applied to this topic; I'd argue that if someone says that for the software they are working on it isn't worth the cost to do refactoring/code reviews/write tests then they are probably wrong.